Early up, luggage out, breakfast in the hotel and then it is all hurry up and wait as we are sorted onto various buses and sent off on a driving tour of the city (obviously to give the ship’s crew time to ready things for a new complement of travelers). We saw several areas of the Olympic park (1992, I think), an triumphal arc and and art museum before winding our way to the pier and the Viking Saturn. A very smooth process to get us aboard, followed by lunch in the Cafe and then into staterooms. Safety drills with the crew, unpacking, meeting our room stewards, a lecture on the history of France and dinner in the Italian restaurant finally ended with a long night’s sleep.
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